. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TTO/47 
10 July 2008 
 (08-3342) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Audio-Video Products 
and Accessories (ICS:  33.160.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Audio-Video 
Products and Accessories  (320 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:    
These requirements cover audio a nd video products intended fo r use on supply circuits in 
accordance with TTS 171: Part 1: 2002, Trinid ad and Tobago Electrical Wiring Code: Part 
1: Low voltage installations (including Amendment 1 (2007)).These requirements, where 
applicable,cover:  a)    Audio products and accessories inte nded for household use and involved with the 
reproduction or processing of audio signals; 
b)    Video products that are intended for household or commercial use, and that receive 
signals in ways such as off the air, through a CAT/MATV cable system, from a video-recorded medium, or from image-producing units; c)    Auxiliary products and accessories inte nded for use with audio or video products 
wherein the auxiliary and accessory products are separate and do not perform the desired 
function, but are used in addition to or as a s upplement to products according to (a) and (b); 
d)    Video products intended for entertainmen t purposes in ordinary locations of health-care 
facilities; e)    Cellular telephones and similar transceiving devices used on a vehicle, boat, or the like where the telephone interconnects to the tele phone network through a radio transmitter and 
receiver; 
f)    Portable audio or video products of the types described in (a) - (c) and (e) that are intended for use with a marine or any othe r battery circuit as the power supply means. G/TBT/N/TTO/47 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Compulsory status has been recommended in or der to protect the consumer or user against 
danger to health or safety by ensuring a product of acceptable quality. 
8. Relevant documents:   TTS/UL 1492: 20XX 
UL 1492, UL Standard for Safety for A udio-Video Products and Accessories, second 
edition, dated 30 April 1996, which contains revisions through and including 28 May 2004. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }On a date to be notified by the Minister to 
whom responsibility for trade and industry is 
assigned, in a Notice to be published in the 
Trinidad and Tobago Gazette as required by the Metrology Act. 
10. Final date for comments:   1 September 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards                                                                                   
1-2 Century Drive, Trincity Industrial Estate, Maco ya, Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago          
Email Address:  ttbs@ttbs.org.tt  
Full text of the Regulation is available at:  www.ttbs.org.tt